Devonian Veterinary Clinic

🍂 Long weekend ahead! 🐾

Please take a moment to check your pet’s food and medications. If you’re running low, submit your food and prescription refill requests early so our team has enough time to prepare them before the Thanksgiving long weekend.

🛒 Don’t forget—you can conveniently order your pet’s food and eligible products through our online store and have them delivered right to your door!

Plan ahead now so your pet doesn’t run out over the holiday. 🐶🐱

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https://devonvet.clientvantage.ca/

🐾 October is RVT Month! 🐾

This month, we’re celebrating the Registered Veterinary Technologists who bring skill, compassion, and dedication to every day at Devonian Veterinary Clinic. 💙

From monitoring anesthesia and providing nursing care to collecting lab samples, supporting worried families, and comforting nervous patients, our RVTs make a difference in countless ways.

Thank you to our amazing RVTs for everything you do—and for treating every patient with kindness, even when they come with claws! 🐱🐶

🍂 Cooler weather doesn’t mean flea and tick season is over! 🐾

Ticks can remain active on mild fall days, while fleas can survive comfortably inside heated homes throughout the winter.

Help protect your pet by:

🔍 Checking their skin and coat after time outdoors
🍃 Paying close attention after walks through tall grass, leaves and wooded areas
🧺 Washing pet bedding regularly
💊 Continuing veterinarian-recommended parasite prevention

Not sure how long your pet should remain on prevention? Contact us we can help you choose the safest option for your pet. 🐶🐱

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🦷 Dental Month has been extended! 🐾

Great news, Dental Month will now continue throughout October!

If you haven’t booked your pet’s dental cleaning yet, there’s still time. Appointments are limited, so contact us soon to reserve your pet’s spot.

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Healthy teeth, healthier pets! 🐶🐱

🐱 Why does my cat make biscuits? 🍞

That adorable kneading behaviour starts when cats are tiny kittens. Kittens knead around their mother's mammary glands while nursing.

Many cats continue the behaviour as adults when they're feeling comfortable and content.

Cats may knead because they're:

❤️ Relaxed and happy
🐾 Making a comfy place to lie down
🐾 Stretching their muscles
🐾 Leaving their scent from glands in their paws

Some cats purr, drool or even suck on blankets while doing it.

So when your cat climbs onto your lap and starts making biscuits with ALL 18 claws…

Congratulations. You've been chosen as the bakery. 😂

🔎 Does your pet's microchip have GPS?

Nope!

A microchip doesn't track your pet's location and it doesn't contain their entire medical history.

It's a tiny identification chip with a unique number. When a veterinary clinic or shelter scans it, that number can be used to find the owner's contact information through the appropriate microchip registry.

But there's a catch…

📱 A microchip is only useful if the contact information attached to it is CURRENT.

Moved recently? Changed your phone number? Got a new email address?

Take a few minutes to check your pet's microchip registration and make sure everything is up to date.

🐾 A microchip can't tell you where your lost pet is — but it can help the person who finds them get them back home. ❤️

🐾 We know your pet is weird. Tell us HOW weird. 😂

Maybe your dog has to spin exactly three times before lying down.

Maybe your cat screams at you because they can see the bottom of the food bowl.

Maybe they sleep somewhere that makes absolutely no sense.

👇 Tell us your pet's weirdest habit in the comments!

Photos as evidence are highly encouraged. 😂📸

🍂 Cool weather doesn't automatically mean tick season is over! 🕷️

Ticks can remain active well into the fall — and some species can be active whenever temperatures are above freezing.

That means it's still a good idea to check your pet after time spent in:

🐾 Tall grass
🐾 Bushes and wooded areas
🐾 Trails
🐾 Areas with lots of fallen leaves

Pay special attention around the ears, face, neck, armpits, groin and between the toes.

If you find a tick, remove it promptly with a tick-removal tool or fine-tipped tweezers, grasping it close to the skin and pulling steadily upward.

And don't toss it immediately! Your veterinary team may recommend saving or identifying it depending on the situation.

🍁 Don't retire those tick checks just because pumpkin-spice season has arrived.

🌱 Why does my dog eat grass?

It's one of the most common questions we hear — and no, it doesn't automatically mean your dog has an upset stomach!

Dogs may eat grass because:

🐾 They simply like it
🐾 They're bored
🐾 They enjoy foraging
🐾 They want some extra fibre
🐾 Occasionally, they may be feeling nauseous

Many perfectly healthy dogs eat grass from time to time and never vomit afterward.

🚩 But if your dog is suddenly eating LOTS of grass, frantically searching for it, vomiting repeatedly, not eating normally or showing other signs of illness, that's worth a call to your veterinarian.

One more thing: be cautious around grass that may have recently been treated with herbicides, pesticides or other lawn products.

🌱 Sometimes a dog eating grass is just… a dog eating grass. 😂